Alright, achievement junkies: Microsoft (via Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb) has announced that it will be bringing Xbox One achievements to Xbox.com.

Microsoft's latest tweak  debuting next week  will allow gamers to pull up their Xbox One profiles, achievements, friends, followers, and game clips on Xbox.com. It's been one of the more highly requested features posted to Microsoft's Xbox Feedback forum and finally, it seems, gamers' wishes will come true.

The brand-new, redesigned profile pages on Xbox.com will showcase a giant, Xbox One gamerpic picture on the left, with a friends listing on the right side of the screen. Various options to edit your gamertag, customize your Xbox Live avatar, and edit privacy settings will sit in the center, underneath a little graphic detailing your player's current Xbox Live reputation, gamerscore, and gamertag.

"And, for the first time ever, your recent game clips. You can play the game clips right there on the profile page, but you can also view all to 'view all' of your saved and upload game clips. You can also see your friends' game clips on their profile," Hryb said in a YouTube video (below) accompanying the announcement.

If all this talk of Xbox.com tweaks means nothing to you because you don't actually own Microsoft's latest console, we have a bit of news on that front as well. GameStop is officially running a brand-new, two-day promotion (today and tomorrow) that's completely Xbox One-themed. The console costs its usual $399 asking price (sans Kinect), but buying one during the promo will net you a $10 savings on an extra controller or a $20 savings on a 12- or 24-month Xbox Live gold membership. Trade in an existing console toward an Xbox One, and you'll get an extra 50 percent credit on whatever GameStop gives you.

A number of other games are on sale as well, so do yourself a favor and scan through GameStop's flyer to see if anything catches your eye.

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